Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation
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Olmesartan Associated Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Colon Perforation
We are reporting a unique case of olmesartan associated severe sprue-like enteropathy in a 52-year-old woman who presented to our hospital complaining of severe abdominal pain and nausea. At the emergency department she suffered from a cardiac arrest and was found to have a colon perforation. The patient was treated conservatively without surgical intervention and olmesartan was discontinued. A...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastrointestinal Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2090-6528,2090-6536
DOI: 10.1155/2014/494098